HB 2226 Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Noncustodial parent; disclosure of student address.

Summary
Right of foster parents to prohibit disclosure of student address to parents; parental notification. Requires (i) notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, upon written request of the foster parent of an enrolled student, a school board employee to redact the address of the foster parent prior to providing such student's parent any record otherwise containing such address and (ii) at the time a child is placed in foster care, each local department of social services to, if applicable, notify the foster parents of their right to make a written request pursuant to clause (i).
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 7, 2025 Signed Mar 19, 2025
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What changed between versions

Education and Health Substitute Chaptered · 3 edits
MINOR
This bill transitions from a Senate substitute version to a chaptered version, indicating it has been approved and enacted into law. The substantive policy content regarding foster parent address redaction remains unchanged.
Scope change
The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; only the formatting and status of the document changed from a proposed substitute to an enacted chapter.
TECHNICAL

Document status changed from 'Senate Substitute' to 'Chaptered' with approval date of March 19, 2025, indicating the bill has been enacted into law.

Added chapter heading 'CHAPTER 164' and bill number '[H 2226]' to formalize the enacted legislation.

Removed Senate-specific metadata including committee name, proposal date, and patron information.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 18, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 4, 2025

How they voted

400
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 18, 2025
D Democratic21
21 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
35
Key actions
11
Committee
7
Mar 19, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 164 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive
Mar 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2226ER)
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 10, 2025
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
upper
Feb 5, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed House (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 20, 2025
Committee
Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee
lower
Jan 7, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

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